Kalvebod Fælled

Kalvebod Fælled ("Kalvebod Commons"), also known as Vestamager ("Western Amager"), takes up roughly one fourth of the island of Amager near Copenhagen, Denmark.

This article is about the area of natural beauty. For the administrative district of Copenhagen, see Vestamager.

The area consists of reclaimed sea bed, with a number of former islets making up small isolated hills; it was dammed and drained during the 1940s to serve as an artillery training range. After active military use ended in 1983, some of the area has been used for transportation infrastructure (motorway and railway in connection with the Øresund bridge), a landfill on the strip between the motorway and the ocean dyke, a golf course and the southern end of the Ørestad urban development. Most of the area, however, lies as lightly maintained parkland featuring a range of nature types, from young forests to tidal marshes; some areas are prevented from developing into forests by grazing livestock and game. After years of preparation the area was finally cleared of unexploded munitions and fully opened to the general public on October 15, 2010. [1] [2] Previously, because of the risk of unexploded munitions, walking outside the paths and roads was generally not allowed. A large area in the southwestern corner is set aside under the Natura 2000-scheme as an EU-recognized bird protection area to which the general public has no access. [3] [4]

Panoramic view of the Vestamager wetlands, view towards Køge Bugt
Panoramic view of Kalvebod Fælled towards Ørestad and the City of Copenhagen.



References
  1. "Naturperle åbnes for københavnerne" [Natural beauty is opened for Copenhageners] (in Danish). Ministry of Environment (Denmark). Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  2. Jørgensen, Kasper Cramon (2010-10-25). "Vestamager ammunitionsrydning" [Western Amager clearing of ammunition] (in Danish). NIRAS. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  3. "Site factsheet for Vestamager og havet syd for". European Nature Information System. European Environment Agency. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  4. "NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM". Natura 2000 Network Viewer. European Environment Agency. December 2015. Retrieved 2018-08-04.

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